04 May 2008

Monte Carlo Ladies - 11

Remember Marlon Brando - and his leather jacket - in The Wild One? A 1953 movie that was banned in Britain for 18 years. As I walked up the hill from the port towards Casino square, I snapped this leather-clad couple, deep in conversation leaning over a wall, half hidden in vegetation.

Black and white or colour? In the end I felt colour shows better her beautiful skin - I like the contrast of skin, leather and palms. Richard's comment (Zurich Daily Photo) convinced me to change it. So here are both versions.

Her lips are reminiscent of Brando's and also Bridget Bardot's. Did you notice the pack of Marlboros (a bikers brand of cigarettes if there ever was one) and the tiny point and shoot camera in her left hand? Sign her up for Biker Daily Photo Blog.

I've only visited Monte Carlo once. When my wife, daughter and I were staying in Nice, we drove along the Corniche for a day trip. It seemed fantastic to us, in the original sense of the word. We had lunch in a waterside restuarant, poked our noses in the casino and realized that it and us were not meant for each another, and went to the botanical garden way up the hill. A memorable day.

She beats the hell out of warlike wild boars roaming down people's driveways in the dead of night.This is a much better option.And, yes; there is a chap in the photo too. I hadn't noticed him until now.

BTW....the B&W wins....the way the light falls on the leather, the harmony rather than the contrast of all the tones. The B&W comes from the "gut" and is "naive". The colour is "sentimental" i.e. contrived for the salon. Well, something like that, eh?